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KIOS BLUES CHART DECEMBER 2018

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.KIRK FLETCHER / HOLD ON / SELF RELEASE

2.PETER V BLUES TRAIN / SHAKEN BUT NOT DETERRED / SELF RELEASE

3.JIM ALLCHIN / PRIME BLUES / SANDY KEY

4.FIONA BOYES / VOODOO IN THE SHADOWS / REFERENCE

5.JOE LOUIS WALKER, BRUCE KATZ & GILES ROBSON / JOURNEYS TO THE

HEART OF THE BLUES / ALLIGATOR

6.TEENY TUCKER / PUT ON YOUR RED DRESS BABY / TEBO

7.MS. ZENO THE MOJO QUEEN / BACK IN LOVE / BLUE LOTUS

8.JACK SEMPLE / CAN'T STOP THIS LOVE / SELF RELEASE

9.BLUE LARGO / BEFORE THE DEVIL STEALS YOUR SOUL / COFFEEGRINDS

10.BOB MARGOLIN / VIZZTONE

11.RUTH WYAND / TRIBE OF ONE / BACK BAY BILL

12.THE BLUES DISCIPLES / GRAVY TRAIN / SELF RELEASE

13.DELTA MOON / BABYLON IS FALLING / SELF RELEASE

14.KENNY "BLUES BOSS" WAYNE / INSPIRED BY THE BLUES / STONY PLAIN

15.BARBARA BLUE / FISH IN DIRTY H2O / BIG BLUE

16. SANDY CARROLL / BLUES & ANGELS / CATFOOD

17.DOUG DEMING & THE JEWEL TONES / COMPLICATED MESS / ELLER SOUL

18.THE KNICKERBOCKER ALL-STARS / LOVE MAKES A WOMAN / JP CADILLAC

19.PAUL OSCHER / COOL CAT / BLUES FIDELITY

20.JOHN AKAPO / PARADISE BLUES / MENSCH HOUSE

21.MIKE ZITO / BLUE ROOM 20TH ANNIVERSARY / RUF

22.KEVIN BURT / HEARTLAND AND SOUL / LITTLE VILLAGE FOUNDATION

23.BOB FRANK / TRUE STORIES AND OUTRAGEOUS LIES / RIP CAT

24.BETH HART / LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL / PROVOGUE

25.BLACKMARKET III / DASHBOARD JESUS / RIP CAT

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN

THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR JANUARY 1, 2019

MIKE JACOBS

MUSIC DIRECTOR/ KIOS-FM

OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.
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